Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-10
DALLAS.
A. Farm LabOrsr Of Hunt County
Dragged and Robbed by Els
travelling Companions.
Charged with Emb-2zi+ment-VeTdf for
Five Hundred Dollars Damages
Sidewalk aiaDia-Bage Bali.

! Special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Dec. 9.-CheIIes E.
Crisis, a farm laoorer of Hunt county,
arrived in the city last night on the 1885
Cannon-ball train,. and reported to the
officers that he had been robbed OF $l14
by TWO men with whom he had been trav-
cling He says that be had earned this
money by hard work, and Wss on his way
| to Illinois to see his parents. At Green
vile he fell in company with G. B. Willis
and W. B. Estes. He travelled with them
last Wednesday from Greenville to Nc
Kinney, where he was invited to become
the guest OF Estes, as his mother lived in
Mckinney and kept boarding house.
The invitation was accepted, and yester-
day the trio started for Dallas, arriving
on the 1885 train. In the meantime
Estes had borrowed S.. He says that on
mis- way to Dallas Estes gave him drink
Of whisky, which must have been drugged 4,
as he did not awake until the conductor
shook him and told him he had arrived at
Dallas. His two companions had left
him and be soon discovered his loss. AS
he stepped upon the platform be saw two
Policemen snd told his story, and together
they visited, saloons, b3wdy houses, etc. +,
coming at last upon & hack driver ths
Informed them two such men were at the
St james hotel, and at 2:30 this morn
ing here they found them, made the ar
rest and locked the young men up.
Estes says that they met Criss at
GreenViIle and Travelled together TO Nc
Kinney and stopped at the Kentucky
house, kept by Willis mother, that they
did travel together from Mckinney to
Dsllss. "We were," he said, sin the
smoker st first and after smoking Willis
and myself went back to the rear car
and left Crisis in the smoker
with stranger. Criss had
been drinking and was drunk when we
reached Dallas. We went to a restsu-
rant on Main street and etc supper and
then went TO the hotel and W Mt to bed.
Estes father is Msi, W E Estes OF
TexsrkaDa. They are young men, ana
whether new hands at the business or
not they worked Crisis most certsiDIy for
all ne had. When the officers searched
them they found $47 so, & So and $50 bill
which Crisis described minutely
Rev. DR. W. S. Penick Of Louisisna,
will lecture in Dallas next Tuesday night.
The jury in the case If Furgeson & Son
against Schneider & Davis, returned
verdict of $500 damages in favor of the
plaintiffs. Schneider & Davis had brought
sn attachment suit against Furgeson &
Son.
Mrs Johanna Fabian was before JUS
tice Kendall charged with embezzIement,
but was acquitted.
There has been nothing done IN the
courts to-day. Tomorrow is the last
day of the present term of the District
court.
There was very pleasant social enter
tainment last night at the residence of
Colonel Lemon, on Mckinney avenue, by
Miss Mamie Lemon in honor of Miss
Bonnie Hill OF Gainesville.
r B. Cody left tonight for Tucson,
Arizona, TO attend the annual meeting of
the San Simon Cattle and Land Company,
which couvenes on the 12 b inst.
TIE sidewalk mania hes become grave
matter. Petitions are being circulated
praying for concrete sidewalks at once.
The sidewalk ordinance seems to be q
dead letter. The bottom In many places
on Ross avenue Zones street, has fallen
out.
The base ball movement continues to
boom, and the shape it Is in now assures
its success.